Yakushi Nyorai (Healing Buddha) seated upon a lotus-form dais, the left hand bearing aloft a medicine jar and the right forming the semui-in mudra bestowing fearlessness. Joined-block wood construction, finished in lacquer and gilt. Old loss and repairs.
Overall height, including lotus-form dais and mandorla: 35.2 cm Height of Yakushi figure o... Click for details
Seated Amida Buddha with hands placed centrally on the lap in the Amida jo-in concentration mudra, joined wood-block construction, lacquer and gilt finish, and the eyes of inset crystal. Very minor old loss, most notably to one of the hoju (sacred jewel) finials on the plinth, with desirable patination overall.
Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu in characteristic seated pose of royal ease, figurally sculpted from a dense igneous stone. Early- to mid-Edo Period ca. 1700. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.
Height: 55 cm
A sizable Nyoirin Kannon stone, with strong presence and good age.
Seated monkey with pentagonal placquard on which are carved three characters reading San-No-To (lit. Mountain King stupa), the entirety sculpted from a single piece of green-blue schist. Edo Period ca. 1800. Minor old loss.
Standing Jizo Bosatsu, a short-stemmed lotus blossom held in both hands, figurally sculpted from a relatively lightweight sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.
Standing Jizo Bosatsu with hands in the gassho adoration mudra, figurally sculpted from a medium-density sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.
Standing Bato (Horse-Head) Kannon Bosatsu sculpted in relief from a coarse-grained igneous stone, two small horse-heads perched atop the figure's head and the hands forming the bato-in mudra, which resembles the gassho adoration mudra. Dated to the 23rd year of the Meiji Era (1890). Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Good lichen accumulation.
